<p>Any ideas what the SAT score needs to be to qualify for national merit? My son got the letter to pick his 2 schools but we don't know cutoff scores yet for semifinalist.</p>
<p>What do they need to do to get to finalist in terms of SAT numbers? And, do they really NOT count the writing subscore but only the multiple choice for the writing section?</p>
<p>You’ll find the answers to these questions and more that will eventually arise if your son qualifies on the National Merit subforum under the Financial Aid forum. I can’t recall the exact SAT number needed this year, but I think it was slightly less than 2000.</p>
<p>Assuming his PSAT score meets the cut-off, he need only score a minimal “verifying” SAT score - it is something around 1900+</p>
<p>thanks for the reply – his score is several points higher than the cutoff for IL over the past 10 years.</p>
<p>I believe the cutoff has been about 1960 on the SAT to “confirm” his PSAT scores.</p>